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Chris Read
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Christopher Mark Wells Read

Born: 10 August 1978, Paignton, Devon
Major Teams: Gloucestershire, England, Nottinghamshire, Devon.
Known As: Chris Read
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1999
Latest Test:
England v New Zealand at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1999

ODI Debut:
England v South Africa at Bloemfontein, Standard Bank Series, 1999/00
Latest ODI:
England v Zimbabwe at Harare, 3rd ODI, 1999/00

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 05/08/1999)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    4   0    38   37    9.50  31.93   0   0   10   1

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 20/02/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    9    6   2    70   26*  17.50  59.82   0   0   11   2

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1997/98 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   99  150  24  3330  160   26.42   2  15  284   9

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               3      0    25    0    -     -      0   0    -   8.33

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  121   96  22  1566   69   21.16   0   3  136  30

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Born and bred in Devon, Chris Read made his debut in top cricket at the age of just 16, when he represented the county in the NatWest Trophy, and he opened the batting for them the following year. His promise was recognised by Gloucestershire, and he played some one-day games for them in 1997, before being selected for the England A tour of Kenya and Sri Lanka without having played a first-class match.

On returning he decided to leave Gloucestershire, realising that first-team cricket was unlikely while Jack Russell was first-choice keeper. Read joined Nottinghamshire, and made steady progress in 1997. Another fine A tour to Zimbabwe and South Africa was marked by neat, reliable keeping and some vital innings in one-day games, in which he twice took his side to victory from apparently losing positions. Nottinghamshire promoted him in the batting order in 1999, and he responded with his maiden first-class century.

In the same year the selectors decided, not for the first time, to relieve Alec Stewart of the dual burden of keeping and opening. With Jack Russell retired from international cricket, Read made his Test debut against New Zealand at Edgbaston in June 1999. He managed eight dismissals, but later admitted that as a newcomer to the England dressing room he felt less than comfortable. At Lord's he made a robust 37 in the second innings after being spectacularly bamboozled by Chris Cairns' slower ball in the first. While he kept tidily to the quicker bowlers, he was more fallible standing up to the spin of Phil Tufnell, and after the third Test the England gloves were handed back to Stewart.

Read toured South Africa and Zimbabwe the following winter, where he played in nine one-day internationals, but made way, again for Stewart, in 2000. He continued to perform effectively for Nottinghamshire, and went on the A tour of the West Indies in 2000/1. He missed out on selection for the India and New Zealand tours of 2001/2 when the selectors chose James Foster and Warren Hegg, but was included, along with Glamorgan's Mark Wallace, in the first two England Academy squads.

A tidy if unspectacular keeper, Read has benefitted from the coaching and guidance of both Alan Knott and Bruce French. He is an improving batsman, with a top score of 160 made against Warwickshire in 1999, the highest score by a Notts wicket-keeper for over 30 years. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 15:34:00 GMT


 
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